Obs. [prob. a. Du. stok, lit. ‘stick’: see STOCK sb.1] A yard in measurement.
1538. in Lett. Suppress. Monasteries (Camden), 180. Whych be compased in with the walles lxx. stokes of length, that is, fete ccx.
1547. Ludlow Churchw. Acc. (Camden), 30. Item,… for mendynge the vestmentes, and for ij. stokes and a hallf of locram to lyne them withalle, iij s. vij d.
